# C.ARP — user reviews > 111 indexed App Store user reviews of C.ARP by Paolo Giorgi, rated 4.30/5 from 110 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carp/id1481916004/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carp/id1481916004.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 77 · 4★ 12 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of C.ARP? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎶 Authentic omnichord sound - 💡 Great for learning music theory - 🤩 Fun and enjoyable to use - 📱 Accessible on mobile devices - 💰 Affordable alternative to real omnichord - 🎨 Visually appealing design - 👍 Intuitive interface - 🎁 Good for gifting **Cons** - 🔊 No sound issue - 💥 Frequent crashes - 🤔 Confusing interface/menus - 🐌 Slow UI responsiveness - 🎚️ Limited sound design options - 🎚️ Stale internal sounds - 🎚️ MIDI Send broken - 🎚️ Can't close menus - 🎚️ Chord not triggering consistently - 🎚️ Latency issues - 🎚️ Strumming area feels small - 🎚️ Sound can be tinny/harsh **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound doesn't work - No sound - App crashes when opening - App crashes when trying to open - App auto-quits on start - Chord panel smaller after update - System setting always out - App crashes after using only once - App crashes when pressing a button - MIDI Send is broken - Can't open the app on Mac - Can't close the menu - App crashes if sample button is pressed - Sample button crashes the app - Strumming doesn't work - App crashes when sample or reverse is pressed - App is not stable / crashy - Sampling function is DOA - Sampler doesn't work / crashes - Crash problem - Send midi function greyed out - App crashes when pressing the red sample button - Sampler crashes the app 100% - App crashes when attempting to use record feature - Sample button keeps crashing the app - Record, loop, or reverse buttons cause crash - Bugs related to recording/sampling - Sampler may crash - Audio panel covers gear button - E chord is extremely low octave and sounds muddled - App crashes when trying to start an audio recording - Certain audio glitches with recording and looping - Buttons crash the app - App crashes when pressing the sample button - Sample and reverse buttons crash the app - MIDI out doesn't seem to work - Latency is a killer - Chord doesn't trigger if not hit perfectly - Sliding finger doesn't sound chord - Sound can be tinny/harsh **Most requested features** - Rearrange layout to be chromatic - AUV3 support - Inter-app-audio / GarageBand integration - MIDI out functionality - Save last state - Contextual help menus - More sound design options - Make it an Auv3 midi controller - Support iPad - Add "midi out" option - Make it an audio app extension for GarageBand - Add a way to use this app as a Bluetooth midi controller - Add a visual distinction for individual buttons - Add velocity on the strum bar - Allow autoplay chord to hold like a drone - Transpose reverb of strummed notes - Add midi connectivity with external devices and other apps - Add custom colors for themes ## Newest reviews (16 of 111) ### 4/5 — Love the app *2026-06-15, version 4.64* Congratulations on version 4 of this amazing app. One of a kind. Is there any foreseen update for the addition of AUV3? ### 3/5 — How do I get it to sound like the original? *2026-03-24, version 4.62* Okay, this app is pretty nice but the harp is the only part that sounds like the original Omnichord, how do I get the chords to sound like the original without the band or all the fancy stuff,just classic omnichord synth If you get what I mean? ### 5/5 — Very cool ! *2026-02-12* This is very cool thank you for this app :-) ### 5/5 — amazing app!! *2026-02-08, version 4.62* so good and it saved me from buying the real thing for 800$ ### 5/5 — Love it!! *2026-01-25, version 4.62* I have a feature request though! Would love to rearrange the layout to be chromatic rather than circle of fifths (ie C, Db, D, Eb, E, …) EDIT: Thank you for adding this 😍 ### 5/5 — Why so cute!! *2026-01-24* Had to review because you made such a beautiful app, ilysm ❤️❤️❤️ **Developer response:** thankss 🩵🫡 ### 3/5 — Needs work *2026-01-16, version 4.62* The interface is intuitive. The instructions don’t make it any clearer though… the back forth between the UI is slow… experienced 4 crashes in 20 minutes on my M1 iPad Pro. In its current state it’s not worth £9.99… £4.99 Max… contextual help menus would be useful, AUV3 should really be implemented and more sound design options would be nice. Interesting app but I’m a little underwhelmed. Sampling isn’t great working on my iPad my or my scarelett solo either… ### 5/5 — I love this little instrument *2026-01-14, version 4.62* So happy I get have an Omnichord with out having to shell out $1000 ### 5/5 — Trop bien *2026-01-13* Top ### 5/5 — Yay iPad fix!!!!!! *2026-01-11, version 4.62* Layout is awesome! Thanks for the update! ### 4/5 — love it but now it’s crashing *2026-01-10, version 4.62* i love this app so much but lately, it crashes every time i try to open it :((( it was actually my favorite thing ever so i hope that bug gets fixed asap ### 5/5 — great app but doesnt work for me anymore *2026-01-01, version 4.61* great app, lovely omnichord simulator BUT began to crash as soon as the app is opened after one of the recent updates :( cant enjoy it anymore sadly. ### 3/5 — Works on new iPhone but not older iPad *2025-12-30, version 4.61* iPad Pro (2nd gen, about 5 yrs old) iOS 17.7.10 (current version) it installs but auto-quits on start instantly. ### 4/5 — New update sucks *2025-12-29, version 4.61* Love this app but hate the new update that makes the chord panel smaller and system setting always out and this isn’t an optional setting… ### 5/5 — Bro *2025-12-27, version 4.61* Slay ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2025-12-20, version 4.60* A fantastic mobile instrument, the recent update for iPad is greatly appreciated!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Soundwise *2026-04-09, version 4.62* The sound doesn't work ### 1/5 — No Sound!! *2026-04-08, version 4.62* It doesn’t make any sound!!! Please fix this!! ### 1/5 — Hear me out ok *2026-03-02, version 4.62* It didn’t say what price it is it only said get and the sound doesn’t even work I want a refund ngl ### 1/5 — Cool app but keeps crashing after using only once *2025-12-20, version 4.60* Was a bit confusing where to find the user manual, but fun once figuring things out. However, the app keeps crashing every time I try opening it ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-11-24, version 4.43* Just paid 8.99 for an app that crashes as soon as I press a button. Please fix it, this is currently unusable. The idea is super fun and I’d rather have a working app than a refund. Please look into it. Thank you ### 1/5 — MIDI Send is broken. Wait until the dev fixes this. *2025-10-18, version 4.43* MIDI Send is broken. Wait until the dev fixes this. ### 1/5 — Cant open the app *2025-07-18* Dont understand why I can’t open the app on my mac ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-03-16, version 4.40* This seems like it would be an amazing app…if it actually worked. Immediately crashes when trying to use the sample feature, strumming doesn’t even work. Drum machine works and chord buttons…but not the strum plate… ### 1/5 — Sample Recording crashes the app 100% *2023-06-27, version 4.26* WARNING!!! Got this thinking it would sample and lay such sample on the keys but as soon as you touch the Rec button, or the sample button or the mic. It crashes the app. So you are stuck with the original sound a synth and a guitar sound for the strum DO NOT BUY!!!! *tested on iPad Pro latest iOS and iPhone 14 Pro I would change the rating when it get’s fix. 6/27/23 ### 1/5 — Need Refund ASAP *2023-06-21, version 4.26* App crashes all the time. Apple won’t let me get a refund. Don’t get this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It was good! *2026-07-30, version 4.72* Yall should make the keyboard longer ### 5/5 — Rad and awesome *2026-06-04, version 4.62* ^ ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-03, version 4.62* 11/10 ### 5/5 — Amazing Omnichord clone *2026-05-22, version 4.62* Works great! ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2026-05-15, version 4.62* This app is going to be the closeted thing I get to owning a omnichord. All of the sounds on it sound just like the real thing ### 5/5 — I really enjoy this app *2026-05-08, version 4.62* I really enjoy this app! It works great and it’s a lot of fun :) ### 5/5 — Great for audio professionals, omnichord enthusiasts, tinkerers, and everyone in between. *2026-05-05, version 4.62* I love that classic omnichord sound, and I love how fun it is to noodle around with this app. As a music hobbyist, this has been extremely helpful in dissecting and learnjng chord progressions, following along easily with guitar/piano tabs, and writing my own music. All on the go during my daily commute. Can’t recommend enough, have also bought as a gift! ### 5/5 — Great *2026-04-25, version 4.62* Im only writing this review so it leaves me alone while i play. Needless to say, i am enjoying myself. The tutorial is really helpful, just a protip ### 5/5 — Amazing ! *2026-03-25* Exactly the app I was looking for thank u very much for creating it ### 5/5 — can't afford an omnicord so i got this app *2026-03-17, version 4.62* its so fun i love it --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*